A heathenish and prodigious act; for therein he showed, not only his malice against the Jewish nation, but also against their worship, and consequently their God.
Nevertheless, it was not the Christians who harassed and scattered them, but the heathenish Roman emperor.
It is a blind wickedness, refusing to recognize the Word of God and his will and work, but introducing instead things of its own heathenish imagination.
It was like her heathenish impertinence to look on at such a time, and then to taunt him about it afterward.
Averse through his life to useless parade and display, Lunalilo left directions for a simple funeral, and that none of the old heathenish observances should ensue upon his death.
Its hard, black seeds put into a bladder furnish the chic-chac, which in many places is used as an accompaniment to the utterly abominable and heathenish tom-tom.
The sailors ran about deck like madmen; Bembo, all the while leaning against the taff-rail by himself, smoking his heathenish stone pipe, and never interfering.
We had been told, even, that many heathenish games and dances still secretly lingered in their valley.
Also of paiment of tithes, performing of vowes, auoiding of vndecent apparell, and abolishing of all maner of heathenish vsages and customes that sounded contrarie to the order [Sidenote: Curtailing of horsses.
Ye observe, it was only to throw cold water on the unthrifty flame of a mother's pride that I said this, and to pull down uppishness from its heathenish temple in the heart, head-foremost.
Jack and Mrs. London went ashore with him, and brought back news that it is the most heathenish place they ever saw.
They were the most savage, heathenishlooking folk I have ever looked upon.
Baal appears as a continuous sin in the kingdom of the ten tribes), that the destruction of the heathenish worship by Jehu was not absolute.
Judah's territory must lead, must be transferred altogether to heathenish territory.
After many relapses, he was informed, that this would do no longer, but that if he went again to these heathenish feasts, he would be excluded.
The attitude of hate, the spirit of war are marks of the old unchanged nature, and are heathenish and not Christian.
The Jews, for instance, had a pure religion, communicated to them by the patriarchs and prophets, but heathenish elements were continually mingling with it.
Before the preaching of Christ fadeth the glories of heathenism, and where once stood in splendid magnificence the pagan temples of heathenish paganism was placed in its simple and sublime beauty the cross.
This pagan, heathenish invention Is good for nothing but contention.
And still the christian Britains were lesse mercifull than Penda his heathenish souldiers.
By which two euill examples, manie tooke occasion to returne to their heathenish religion, the which whilest his father reigned, either for the prince his pleasure, or for feare to offend him, did professe the christian faith.
Then he asked whether the men of that countrie were christians, or as yet intangled with blind heathenish errors?
The king being herewith put in great feare, renounced his heathenish worshipping of idols, and was baptised, and as much as in him laie, from thenceforth succoured the congregation of the christians, and aduanced the church to his power.
She had a heathenish way of lolling in her boudoir Sundays, and listening with a dreamy sensuous pleasure to the clashing of bells, and falling asleep when they ceased, and awakening to read novels until dinner-time.
She had been awakened--she never could sleep again the blind, heathenish sleep that had been hers all her life, or woe to her if she could.
My parents were altogether heathens, and I was educated by them in their heathenish notions, though there was a sermon preached to our Mohegan tribe sometimes, but our Indians regarded not the Christian religion.
They would persist in their heathenish ways, and my parents in particular were very strong in the customs of their forefathers, and they led a wandering life up and down in the wilderness, for my father was a great hunter.
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These people are in a state of heathenish darkness, though “the Church of England has emitted a pure Gospel light for centuries,” and are in the lowest state of degradation.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "heathenish" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: barbarian; heathen; pagan
